Na wstępie: Na razie mnie to nie dotyczy, ale z zainteresowaniem przeczytałem propozycje zmiany niektórych przepisów, (jakby nie było, przejetych w zasadzie w całości od NAVIGA, co jest jakby faktem
i co bardzo cieszy, bo jednak obie organizacje powinny się ścigać na podobnych, albo takich samych zasadach):
Proposal 1 – submitted by Phill Fields (UK)
I think the current rule of allowing 3 boat lengths before going into the same lane rule is insufficient distance in hydro's and offshores. Even at 3 meters the boat behind will be blown over and at high hydro speeds there is nothing the boat behind can do to prevent it from happening.
I'm proposing a minimum of 5 meters before moving into the same lane.
Proposal 2 – submitted by Phill Fields (UK)
I think something needs adding in to the hydro rule book about if a race is stopped.
Currently there isn't anything in the rulebook that states if the race is restarted how many laps the restart race will be. At the moment it's unclear if the restarted race would be 6 laps or just the number of laps each boat had to complete from the stopped race.
I propose it needs to say - If a race has been stopped and restarted, the boats that were running at the time the race was stopped will complete the normal preparation time, milling time, and full race duration of 6 laps (4minutes).
Proposal 3 – submitted by Evert De Ronde Jr (Netherlands)
My suggestion would be no more rescue boat in Endurance after 10 minutes in qualifying and no more rescue after 20 minutes in finals.
It only causes a difficult situation and after this time you do not have a chance left. When there is a dangerous situation with dead boats the judge can always decide to put the rescue out but only when strictly necessary.
Proposal 4 – Two very similar proposals were submitted so we have put them together as one. Submitted by Evert De Ronde Jr (Netherlands) and Samo Golavsek (Slovenia)
I would suggest to accept all juniors in all classes. No limit on World Championships so we can have them all racing. Example: when there are 10 juniors in Germany and 2 in Portugal we should let them all race. The more races for juniors the better for the sport. Limitation should be implemented again if the number of competitors is too high.
Proposal 5 – submitted by Uros Golavsek (Slovenia)
8. Endurance Class General Rules subject 3)
Erase B-finals from the rule book. If we have to finish iMBRA league race at 12-PM on Sundays we have no time to make B-final. We have never had B-final at Eastern races and I take every year at least 5 biggest races in the East. People want to go back and travel in the afternoon as normally they work on Mondays.
I think we need to discuss about B finals as normally it makes the race longer and if we think only about WC we can think more about two semi-final races, or not to have B finals at all.
Proposal 6 – submitted by Samo Golavsek (Slovenia)
Endurance – There should be a World Championship for juniors every year. In the year when there is no World Championship for seniors there should be an open European Championship.
Proposal 7 – submitted by Samo Golavsek (Slovenia)
Every junior who was a world champion should be granted automatic participation in that senior category, in the class he was junior world champion. This should act as encouragement for them to stay in this sport.
Proposal 8 – submitted by Samo Golavsek (Slovenia)
Form a new category - super junior, for children under 12 years in category Endurance 3.5cc
Proposal 9 – submitted by Samo Golavsek (Slovenia)
We should consider if category Endurance 15cc is reasonable for juniors. Races are more chaotic every year because of lack of competitors who are able to control increasingly faster models.
Proposal 10 – submitted by Samo Golavsek (Slovenia)
Endurance - Proposal is that the first three drivers on the ranking list after 1-st heats goes directly into the final and first three drivers on ranking list after 2-nd heats enter also directly into final. Others take place on laps/time taken from their better heat. If one driver got direct final entry he doesn’t count in the second heats if he got position between first three.
INTERPRETATION: If we have good weather on the first heats and bad conditions on the second heats we can predict that no one can make better result during the 2nd heats and it make no sense to drive it. If we make this rule then all drivers have interest to drive also second heats, because they can get a final entry no matter that conditions were bad.
Proposal 11 – submitted by Samo Golavsek (Slovenia)
Endurance - driving in another direction should automatically mean lap deduction, even when other drivers aren't obstructed. Construction of models should be based on stability. There is a tendency to achieve high speeds regardless of stability of models. This measure would automatically mean there is no correcting if a buoy is missed. This rule was implemented in Stuttgart.
Proposal 12 – submitted by Samo Golavsek (Slovenia)
We should ban glow plug remote heaters, remote movers of the resonance pipes in all classes, driving 15cc boats without gearbox. Because of these upgrades the engines life span is shorter and more expensive to maintain. This would also reduce speed and improve safety.
Proposal 13 – submitted by Samo Golavsek (Slovenia)
We should completely prohibit the usage of nitromethane at least for category Endurance 7.5cc and 15cc. This measure should reduce costs by far.
End of Proposals
As stated previously the meeting will be an open meeting and everybody is welcome to attend. When it comes to voting each country will get one vote. We advise you to discuss the proposals prior to the meeting and elect a member of your team who will cast your countries vote.
We look forward to seeing you all soon
Na razie odniosę się do punktu 9: jeżeli dobrze zrozumiałem, to koledzy ze Słowenii chcą zakazać startu juniorom w V15, że niby szybka i trudna kategoria...? No to ja na to tak powiem. Obserwując juniorów na startach, a obserwuję ich często, uważam, że juniorom w dzisiejszych czasach nie tylko nie powinno się zabraniać startów poszczególnych kategoriach, a wręcz przeciwnie. powinni mieć możliwość startów bez ograniczeń także w V27 i O15 27( V35 może być dla nich z duże do noszenia, ale na pewno nie do sterowania). Ci juniorzy którzy startują na MS, czy ME bez trudu i z pieśnią na ustach wygrywają z 90% seniorów i o wiele lepiej od nich pływają. Prosty przykład nawet na ME w Jaworze, O7,5 czy V15, należy do juniorów, nie wiem czy któryś senior jest w stanie ich pobić...
Dobrym rozwiązaniem jest wprowadzenie klasy dla juniorków młodszych Tu widzę naszą klasę STD. przepisy dopracowane, i podane jak na tacy.Pieknie by było jakby STD wyszły w świat. Panowie decydenci może to przemyślą przedstawią do akceptacji? I proszę po mnie nie "jeździć", bo piszę na poważnie i uważam, że wiele spraw u "konkurencji" idzie w bardzo dobrym kierunku. Jedyne co w moim odczuciu jest jedna porażką to przepis " niebieskiej flagi". Panowie przecież bardzo dobrze wiedzą, że wyścig tak naprawdę zaczyna się gdzieś tak od 20-stej minuty. Wtedy zaczynają się dziać różne rzeczy na wodzie. I moim zdaniem takie puszczanie "lepszych" jest niesprawiedliwe. W końcu każdy przyjeżdża żeby wygrać.
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